Remote Job Trends and Retention Strategies 2024

With recruiting expected to remain a challenge in 2024, retaining staff is a primary focus for businesses.

A consistent theme among workers is the desire for flexible work options. Astute employers realize offering them helps retain top performers and attract highly skilled candidates.

34.7% of jobs were advertised as hybrid and remote in February, down very slightly from up from 34.3% in January. 8.8% were fully remote, 25.5% were hybrid, and 0.7% were temporary remote.

Companies can always do more to help keep workers engaged, especially with compensation and career advancement. Robert Half’s talent solutions professionals can walk you through the data and help develop a plan that works for your team’s specific needs.

Retaining top talent Retaining top talent

Successfully navigating economic cycles Successfully navigating economic cycles

Keeping my team motivated and engaged Keeping my team motivated and engaged

Having to implement cost-cutting measures within my department Having to implement cost-cutting measures within my department

Increasing
recognition
efforts Allowing hybrid
work Allowing flexibile
hours Expanding
professional
development Increasing
compensation
(raises/bonuses) Using contract
talent to ease
workloads Accelerating
promotions or
job title changes Increasing
recognition
efforts Allowing hybrid
work Allowing flexibile
hours Expanding
professional
development Increasing
compensation
(raises/bonuses) Using contract
talent to ease
workloads Accelerating
promotions or
job title changes

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A higher salary A higher salary

More advancement opportunities More advancement opportunities

Better benefits and perks Better benefits and perks

More flexible work options More flexible work options

Finance and
accounting Technology Marketing and
creative Legal Administrative and
customer support Human resources Finance and
accounting Technology Marketing and
creative Legal Administrative and
customer support Human resources

With employers seeing high retention value in offering flexible work options, fully on-site job postings have dropped by 6 percentage points in the last year — as hybrid and remote options have increased.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Greater visibility within their organization Greater visibility within their organization

Stronger connections with colleagues Stronger connections with colleagues

More productive in an office environment More productive in an office environment

In-office, remote and hybrid calculations are based on job postings provided by TalentNeuron. Positions are categorized to over 350 job titles within Robert Half’s 2024 Salary Guide using a proprietary mapping methodology that employs state-of-the-art large language models. This dataset includes roles across the finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, administrative and customer support, and human resources professions.

Surveys were developed by Robert Half and conducted by independent research firms. Respondents included executives, senior managers and workers from small (20-249 employees), medium (250-499 employees) and large (500+ employees) businesses in private, publicly listed and public sector organizations across Canada.